Say what you will about where Morbid Angel stands in their current state of affairs, but you cannot deny their legacy. No death metal musician will ever question the level of creativity possessed by guitarist Trey Azagthoth or the rapid fire thunder generated by ex-drummer Pete Sandoval. Nor can one dismiss the deliveries on the classic albums by vocalists David Vincent or Steve Tucker. The first thing people will notice and probably give me shit about here is that I don’t have “Illud Divinum Insanus” in last place. Sure, that album had some material on it that I didn’t care for (although I do find humor and other redeeming qualities in “Radikult”, for what it is), but put those aside and you’ll find songs like “Blades For Baal” that are quite reminiscent of the quality of their earlier material and far superior to anything from “Heretic” (which I found to be a total snoozefest.) You’ll also notice there are two albums tied for first place. Why? Before the more I try to say I love one more than the other, the more I’m reminded of the at least equal supremacy of the other… and the too albums are quite different, yet equally great. So, bring forth your flamethrowers people, I’m ready to catch hell for this!
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1. Domination
2. Blessed Are The Sick
3. Alters Of Madness
4. Covenant
5. Illud Divinum Insanus
6. Gateways to Annihilation
7. Heretic
8. Formulas Fatal to the Flesh
Wow, Dave, you actually thought more highly of Illud than I did. On “F.F.F.” it took me a LONG time to appreciate that record, but once it clicked, it was awesome to me. Thanks for sharing as always, bro! \m/
1. Blessed are the Sick
2. Gateways to Annihilation (yes, I’m one of *those* people)
3. Altars of Madness
4. Covenant
5. Formulas Fatal to the Flesh
6. Domination
7. Illud Divinum Insmaus
8. Heretic
Then again, I’m not the biggest Morbid Angel fan out there (in terms of first-wave death metal I much prefer Death, Master, Bolt Thrower–remember that their first album came out the same year as “Altars,”– and Possessed,) so take this with a grain of salt.
Thanks for your input, Jon! \m/!
I would’ve switched Illud Divinum Insanus & Heretic, but otherwise I agree.
hmmm….
Covenant
Altars
Formulas
…Abominations of Desolation
Blessed
Gateways
Domination
…the end LOL!
1. Altars of Madness
2. Covenant
3. Blessed are the sick.
4. Formulas
5. Domination
6. Gateways
7. Illud
8. Heretic.
No matter how bad Illud may be. I can’t help enjoy it ironically due to how unintentionally comedic it is. Dat destructos vs. the earth combi christ remix rofl……
Anyway… its really hard to beat heretic as the worst morbid angel album… that album is monumentally bad.